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Humanity

Bolivia: Global Warming Endangers Kallawaya Healers

December 13, 2012 by The Outpost 3 comments

The Kallawaya cosmovision is based upon thousands of years of experiential knowledge about their environment and shared among many other communities across the High Andes. At the center of the cosmovision is the notion that humanity must live in harmony with the environment. Illness is the result of a spiritual dissonance caused by some sort disconnect between a person and his or her environment. One of the main tenets of the Kallawaya cosmovision is an ethic of reciprocity that is applied equally to people, communities, and the environment.

Oceans, Sustainability

Midway Atoll: The Plastic Plight of the Albatross

October 9, 2012 by Jack Eidt 28 comments

A short film follows artist Chris Jordan to investigate the thousands of albatrosses dying from ingestion of plastic from the Pacific Garbage Patch. The Albatross journey across the sea takes them over the world’s largest dump: slowly rotating masses of partially-submerged trash between San Francisco and Hawai’i.

global warming and climate change in Bangladesh

Climate, Earth, Oceans

Bangladesh: A Flooding, Mega-Urbanizing, Climate Trap

October 7, 2012 by The Outpost 0 comments

In Dhaka, climate change refugees are moving from the countryside and into squalid slums due to repeated monsoonal floods that have rendered traditional farmland unusable. A new documentary by Ami Vitale from the Knight Center for International Media wades through the floods, looking for solutions.

Trujillo, first neo-colonial charter city?

Political Geography

Honduras: Neo-Colonial “Free Market” Charter Cities, Democracy Not Included – By Annie Bird

September 25, 2012 by The Outpost 5 comments

Free marketeers and Libertarians advocate for the world’s first Charter City, with authoritarian governance, facilitated by a military coup, coordinated using political sway with business partners, using public funds from the IDB for infrastructure plans, and built on land “purchased” from indigenous communities, small farmers and the state of Honduras.

Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth documentary

Earth, Film

Stories of a Maya Rebirth: Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth

September 8, 2012 by The Outpost 1 comment

The documentary “Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth” presents an alternative worldview to industrial capitalism consuming the earth, following six young Maya into their daily and ceremonial life, revealing their determination to resist the destruction of their culture and environment.

Earth

Ecuador: Battle Between Living Systems and Oil at Yasuní National Park

September 4, 2012 by The Outpost 2 comments

Ecuador abandons a plan to preserve the most biodiverse region on Earth from oil exploitation, putting Yasuni national park at the frontline of a global battle between living systems and fossil fuels. Unable to raise sufficient financing, President Correa plans to move forward with oil drilling in this wild Amazonian region, putting wildlife and willfully uncontacted tribes at risk.

space travel, Ray Bradbury, Neil Armstrong

Humanity, Literary

Space Exploration: Ray Bradbury and the Mission to the Red Planet

August 30, 2012 by The Outpost 0 comments

“The Martians were there—in the canal—reflected in the water…. The Martians stared back up at them for a long, long silent time from the rippling water….” –Ray Bradbury, “The Martian Chronicles”